Category: knitting
-
Yarn Pairings for Laine Issue 21
Laine’s summer Issue is drawing us in with a hazy summer warmth and beautiful knitwear. The theme for this issue is Harvest Sun. As spring begins to warm up Laine present us with the joys of the summer, with flower filled filled fields and long light days. The designs inside feature meticulous details as well…
-
Back to Black
As spring has sprung and the days are getting longer dark yarn has become a little less intimidating. Black yarn has a mixed reception amongst crafters, it looks so beautiful and chic knitted up but it sure is tricky on the eyes. Absorbing every little bit of light making fine intricate stitches almost impossible to…
-
Inspiration for Mazurka by Becci Pamely-Bast
We love Riverknits and we had a great time catching up at Unravel a couple of weekends ago with Becci and Markus who are behind the Riverknits Chimera we stock. Becci was wearing the most amazing jumper knit in Chimera that was catching everyones attention. That jumper is the Mazurka by Becci herself and the…
-
Yarn Pairings for Laine Issue 20
We are eagerly anticipating Laine Magazine’s Spring Issue. Issue 20 is titled Waterways and has us dreaming of days by the sea. Inside are ten knitwear designs including five sweaters, one cardigan, one tee, two shawls and one pair of socks. Featuring work by Rebecca Clow, Lily Kate France, Eliza Hinkes, Susanna Kaartinen, Marzena Kołaczek,…
-
Recommended Yarn Second Edition – Part Two
This is part two to the second edition of Recommended Yarn, to read part one follow this link: Second Edition Part One. The theme for the Recommended Yarn series is to look at what is new and knitted up in the yarns we stock. You can check out Recommended Yarn – Part one and Part Two with those links.…
-
Lotta H. Löthgren’s Mushroom Cowl – Favourite Colour Combos
We really enjoyed having Lotta in the shop the other weekend, it was so great meeting her and hearing about her designs. We loved seeing all the knits from her book Observations: Knits and Essays from the Forest and sharing that with other knitters who came by to see the samples and have a chat.…
-
Needles for Socks
We have made many posts looking at the beautiful sock friendly yarns along with various sock patterns and books over the years. But this post is dedicated to the tools you need to create the socks themselves. The foundation of every knitters work, your needles. There are different ways to knit a sock and different…
-
A Deep Dive into Stranded Colourwork
It is probably the Northener in me, or more accurate, me being a Norwegian that makes me crave woolly jumpers as soon as autumn is here – but not any woolly jumper – oh no, I’m talking about proper thick proper wool proper bashing around in the snow jumpers! Now admittedly it’s been years since…
-
Yarn Pairings – Laine Issue 18
The Autumn Issue of Laine is here to whisk you off on a cosy weekend getaway. This issue focuses on the versatility of knitwear as we enter the autumnal season. Great for wearing outdoors or in, perfect for a little adventure. Inside this Issue there are eleven designs by ten designers that include jumpers, cardigans,…
-
What Maya Knits – Autumn Forager by Jennifer Brou
I ripped up the box, flipped the flaps aside, and fell in love – hard! It was our delivery of the autumn issue of Laine and beaming up at me was the cover featuring Autumn Forager by Jennifer Brou (link to Ravelry). My favourite projects are the ones that lets me explore texture, and the…
-
New Yarn – Twisted Ambitions Yarn: Sweet Sock
A collection of inspiring new yarns have arrived at Knit With Attitude. Twisted Ambitions Yarns from American hand dyer Ross Taylor. Bright neons, soft neons, electrifying speckles that all have a glow of positivity that will rub off onto your knitting making them a pleasure to knit, wear and enjoy. These colours will blow you…
-
Swatches and a Sock – Knitting Katla Sokkaband
I’ve longed to knit Hélène Magnússon Katla Sokkaband ever since it arrived in the shop just before Unravel in spring this year. A solid yarn made up of 4 strands of Love Story Einband plied together has made it extremely intriguing. So I bit the bullet and cast on a sock, undeterred by the fact…
Categories
- Anniversary
- book review
- Cardigans
- community
- Community Project
- crochet
- crochet pattern
- DIY
- ethical yarn
- Fashion
- For the Love Of …
- Gifts
- give away
- Handspun
- iKnit7
- inspiration
- Interview
- knit night
- Knit with attitude
- Knit-a-long
- knitting
- knitting pattern
- Knitting with attitude Book
- London
- New products
- New Yarn
- Newsletters
- organic yarn
- Press
- Project Bags
- Raffle
- Shawls
- Shop Sample
- Socks
- Sweaters
- Techniques
- Tees
- Tools
- Uncategorized
- Workshops
- yarn
- Yarn of the Week
- Yarnbombing
Recent Posts
- Yarn Pairings for Laine’s 10th Anniversary Issue – Part One
- For the Love of … 2026
- What George Spins – Corriedale Wool Top
- What George Knits – The Modernist Scarf by Nicole Hawkesford
Tags
Alpaca anniversary collection colourwork community cotton crochet crochet pattern design diy fair trade yarn Fyberspates hand knits Hey Mama Wolf inspiration knitalong knit night knitting knitting community knitting inspiration knitting kits knitting pattern knitting patterns knit with attitude laine laine magazine linen Merino natural fibres pattern collection patterns Pom Pom Quarterly shawl shawl knitting shop Silk social knitting sock knitting socks yeah! summer knits sweater The Fibre Co virtual knit night What Maya Knits Wool yarn